[mdlug] Lethal hardware

Thu Oct 7 10:03:32 EDT 2010

On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 09:29 -0400, Michael Rudas wrote: 
> --- Raymond.Ingles wrote:
> > I have a *really* cheap card reader hooked up to my Linux box at work.
> [...]
> > Until this morning. I'd updated the kernel and rebooted... and, after
> > GRUB, got nothing on the console. Zip. I could ssh in for a little
> > while, but then the system would freeze up. *Very* frustrating.
> > I finally booted with a rescue CD, and got a look at the syslog. I
> > noticed it complaining about USB stuff just before the freeze. So, I
> > yanked the card reader from the hub, and... everything booted up just
> > fine.
> The very first time I tried to install Linux (SuSE 8.0), it simply
> would NOT install.  The install process would fail at various points
> in different ways and a tech support request was ignored.  It turned
> out to be the USB mouse, a fancy "4D" mouse/trackball combo that was
> too smart for the installer, I guess.  USB issues crop up in strange
> ways--I've seen it with Windows, too.

My HP laptop will not boot - it doesn't even make it to GRUB - if my
Android phone is connected via USB.  I can connect the phone as soon as
I see the GRUB screen.
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